Klazart fans zergrushes authonomy.com - Page 7

On March 22 2009 16:56 guga31bb wrote:
I'd suggest stopping arguing to read the site. It's pure comedy gold. An example:

recon

the best character in StarCraft is the ghost.

You claim to have watched this site for a few days to get to know how it works.

You should send in the ghost for a little longer. Turtle not zerg.

You may have won the game. But if you want to play again, you've gotta find some friends and so far, it's not your playing that matters, but the way you play.

We've been leveling up for months and you using an exploit isn't going to work.

EDIT: link

Attracting external readership can really boost your visibility on the site. So if you already have champions from outside the authonomy community – whether that’s family, friends, colleagues or visitors to your blog, facebook profile or other website, you might also encourage them to join the site and get involved. If they can prove their credentials to the community by building their talent spotter rank, then they'll be in a position to be noticed and in turn help you raise the profile of your book.

On March 22 2009 14:35 JWD wrote:
hahaha this is great...did you read the comments on his book? It looks like a stream of his fans from YouTube fighting with old members of the site, who are deriding them for supporting his book without having read it. Do they know how the internets work?

The funniest part is that it looks like someone with the username Mathematics has spammed up the entire comment thread by copy/pasting entire math articles from Wikipedia - and people are taking him seriously!!

This is amazing - it's like a clash of "forum culture" with people who are totally unaware of its existence.

There are tons of disparaging comments about gamers in the comment thread - really sad stuff in there. Even though Klaz is pretty unpopular amongst staff at TL, I think we should support his book because

a) this is hilarious.
b) anyone who categorically insults gamers deserves to pranked, at the very least.

On March 22 2009 17:10 fanatacist wrote:

YESSSSSSS

NEW OP

On March 22 2009 17:01 Hot_Bid wrote:
I have a feeling this book will overtake Klazart's soon:



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On March 22 2009 17:17 Descent wrote:
There is, in my opinion, some extreme immaturity going on in those forums, on both sides. Klazart used his own interpretation of their FAQ to promote his own book, and the Authonomy regulars for the most part violently sought to reject him and his interpretation. What has emerged seems akin to the Digg power users issue; as Authonomy seems fairly small and vulnerable, Klazart supporters (who have been referred to as "minions" and "sock puppets" a fairly high number of times by a few regulars) flooded the metric, and as there was little in terms to buffer the inflow, took over the rankings -- as seen by Klazart's book now holding the top position. The regulars have basically been displaced as the power users, as well. But Klazart miscalculated. He's gained too much support, and now there are users making comments that reflect poorly on the rest of Klazart's fans, as well as the TL and gaming communities. As a genuine writer, he should not have wished this upon a writing community. Unfortunately, I think this will only harden some of the Authonomy regulars' opinions against eSports, and some of the SC community against a well-intentioned, albeit small and perhaps even xenophobic, literary community. I've only gone through one thread though so far (the one currently at 68 pages), but I think I'll glance at a few more.

On March 22 2009 17:17 Descent wrote:
There is, in my opinion, some extreme immaturity going on in those forums, on both sides. Klazart used his own interpretation of their FAQ to promote his own book, and the Authonomy regulars for the most part violently sought to reject him and his interpretation. What has emerged seems akin to the Digg power users issue; as Authonomy seems fairly small and vulnerable, Klazart supporters (who have been referred to as "minions" and "sock puppets" a fairly high number of times by a few regulars) flooded the metric, and as there was little in terms to buffer the inflow, took over the rankings -- as seen by Klazart's book now holding the top position. The regulars have basically been displaced as the power users, as well. But Klazart miscalculated. He's gained too much support, and now there are users making comments that reflect poorly on the rest of Klazart's fans, as well as the TL and gaming communities. As a genuine writer, he should not have wished this upon a writing community. Unfortunately, I think this will only harden some of the Authonomy regulars' opinions against eSports, and some of the SC community against a well-intentioned, albeit small and perhaps even xenophobic, literary community. I've only gone through one thread though so far (the one currently at 68 pages), but I think I'll glance at a few more.